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authorOndrej Zajicek <santiago@crfreenet.org>2012-05-14 11:47:41 +0200
committerOndrej Zajicek <santiago@crfreenet.org>2012-05-14 11:47:41 +0200
commit95127cbbb76e8870e029454a5313bc4b6ce69a4a (patch)
treeb30ffa4a722d776714cfe979090ee15e5cd74376 /doc/bird.sgml
parent0ec031f7400fbacdd86b40ae1870c58715a7f108 (diff)
Real broadcast mode for OSPFv2.
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diff --git a/doc/bird.sgml b/doc/bird.sgml
index 820ebaa2..b43eb263 100644
--- a/doc/bird.sgml
+++ b/doc/bird.sgml
@@ -1825,6 +1825,7 @@ protocol ospf &lt;name&gt; {
type [broadcast|bcast|pointopoint|ptp|
nonbroadcast|nbma|pointomultipoint|ptmp];
strict nonbroadcast &lt;switch&gt;;
+ real broadcast &lt;switch&gt;;
check link &lt;switch&gt;;
ecmp weight &lt;num&gt;;
authentication [none|simple|cryptographic];
@@ -2058,6 +2059,16 @@ protocol ospf &lt;name&gt; {
If set, don't send hello to any undefined neighbor. This switch
is ignored on other than NBMA or PtMP networks. Default value is no.
+ <tag>real broadcast <m/switch/</tag>
+ In <cf/type broadcast/ or <cf/type ptp/ network
+ configuration, OSPF packets are sent as IP multicast
+ packets. This option changes the behavior to using
+ old-fashioned IP broadcast packets. This may be useful as a
+ workaround if IP multicast for some reason does not work or
+ does not work reliably. This is a non-standard option and
+ probably is not interoperable with other OSPF
+ implementations. Default value is no.
+
<tag>check link <M>switch</M></tag>
If set, a hardware link state (reported by OS) is taken into
consideration. When a link disappears (e.g. an ethernet cable is